Improvement in coffee-pots



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Patented Ma r. 28. 1871.

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Letters Patent No. 113,156, dated March 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-POTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mm; part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL S. FRENCH, ofMontgomery, in the county of Montgomery and $tate of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee-Pots; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a strainer for coffeepots, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which iny inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a vertical section of a coffee-pot with my strainerattached; and v Figure 2 is a view of a perforated. piece of tin, whichmay be used.

- A represents a coflee-pot, made in any of the known and usual ways,and provided on the inside, near the top,with a ledge, a, upon which thestrainer rests or is suspended.

The strainer is constructed in the following manner:

B and O are two rings, of suitable size, hinged together, so that theycan be-closed or folded one within the other, the inside ring 0 beingthen held by a catch, 11, as shown. 7

'Aronnd'th e upper edge of the outer ring B is a head or flange, whichrests upon the ledge a of the pot. v

A cloth bag, E, is. passed through the outer ring B, and held by theinner ring 0, closing within the bag. In this bag the coffee is placedwhen ground, and it is then made in the usual manner.

To prevent the bag E from stepping up the inner end of the spout, Iattach bars G G to the ring B, which bars extend downward, and areconnected hv segments H H.

To the lower one of these segments is attached a foot, I, which bearsagainst the side of the coffee-pot below thespout, and by this means thebag E is prerented from coming in contact with and stopping up. thespout.

In place'of the segments and bars I may use the curved metallic piece J,which is perforated, as shown in fig. 2. I

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the rings B and O, hinged together so as to closeor fold onewithin the other, and held by the catch b, for securing thebag E, substautially as herein set forth.

2.'In combination with the rings B G, the bars G G, segments H H, andfoot I, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the rings B 0, bag E, and I the perforatedmetallic piece J, substantially as and for the purposes herein set fortIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix. my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL S. FRENCH. Witnesses:

THOMAS ROBINSON, W. F. L. MORGAN.

